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A major goal of hospitals is to prevent unplanned re-admissions of patients after they are discharged. A new study reveals that the preventability of re-admissions changes over time: re-admissions within the first week after discharge are often...

Although alcohol-based surgical hand preparation offers potential advantages over the traditional surgical scrubbing technique, implementing it may be challenging due to resistance of surgeons in changing their practice. Gaspar, et al. (2018)...

Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions (HAC) as present at the time of the patient’s admission, supporting prior work that showed that a Medicare policy designed to monetarily penalize...

Patients in intensive care units are at significant risk of potentially life-threatening secondary infections, including from antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA and C. difficile. Now, a new test could identify those at greatest risk - and...

Earlier this week, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law legislation that will require the elimination of surgical smoke by use of smoke evacuation systems in Rhode Island operating rooms. As the first state to address surgical smoke...

Approximately 90 to 100 surgical fires occur each year in the United States according to independent research organization ECRI Institute. Although rare, surgical fires pose serious​ consequences to patients, hospital staff, and to the reputation...